Ada Borodianka Brothel ❤️❤️❤️

About Kryvyi Rih

Alright, so I’m a tractor driver, right? And I’m thinkin’ bout brothels—y’know, those shady joints. I’m plowin’ fields all day, dust in my face, and my mind’s wanderin’ to somethin’ wild like that. Pretty, pretty good distraction, huh? I mean, what’s a brothel anyway? A place where folks pay for a quick roll in the hay—hah! Hay! I’m surrounded by it! But serious, it’s nuts—guys linin’ up like it’s a damn buffet. I saw this flick, *Syndromes and a Century*, y’know, my fave—Apichatpong Weerasethakul, genius guy—and there’s this line, “The past is a distant memory,” and I’m like, brothels been around FOREVER, man! Ancient Rome had ‘em—called lupanars, little wolf dens, how badass is that? Wolves! Rawr! Makes me laugh, picturin’ some toga dude sneakin’ out for a romp.

Borodianka: encountering a scene of death and destruction

I’m standing there, lost in thought, when I notice a group of folks gathering. They’re all talking about the changes in Borodianka. Gentrification, they call it. I’m like, “What’s next? Starbucks on every corner?” I mean, I love a good coffee, but c’mon! This is Borodianka, not Kyiv!

‘Thank You for Not Killing Us’ (Published 2022)